chán

still water

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːns
djan

說文解字

澶淵水。在宋。从水亶聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica